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there is a lot to learn at the fbi academy in quantico, virginia. i recently found out. >> fbi, pull your vehicle to the side of the road. >> it seems more serious crime in a week than most small towns see in years. the town is make-believe but the scenarios these future fbi agents are confronting are not. >> put your hands up, get your hands up. put your hands up. >> now, you didn't interrupt them while they were in the middle of this. >> we don't interrupt them because once we do that, they kind of lose their rhythm and then they will do something else and then they will look back and say, how was that? >> reporter: the fbi academy sits in the middle of marine-based quantico, virginia, over five months, trainees learn everything from taking down an unruly suspect to the fine point of the law. >> it's been a tough experience. a lot of dedication and hard work. it has kicked my butt a few times. >> we were asked not to show the faces of current trainees. >> much of the training feels like drinking from a fire hose. you have to be a master of a lot o
there is a lot to learn at the fbi academy in quantico, virginia. i recently found out. >> fbi, pull your vehicle to the side of the road. >> it seems more serious crime in a week than most small towns see in years. the town is make-believe but the scenarios these future fbi agents are confronting are not. >> put your hands up, get your hands up. put your hands up. >> now, you didn't interrupt them while they were in the middle of this. >> we don't interrupt them...
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. >>> fbi is investigating insider trader took place before heinz's buffett buy. >>> the clock is ticking for bp to reach a last-minute settlement to face tens of billions of dollars. >>> kellogg is recalling its 11, special k's red berries because they macon tan glass. >>> it's a milestone for stanford university the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year. >>> watch out north base, the u.s. postal service is entering the smart brand clothing. it plans to launch a new product line of apparel and accessories. >>> tiger woods sizes up president obama's golf game, plus the discount at a virginia beach pizzeria that's raising a few eyebrows. >>> you're watching "first look" on msnbc. or any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades... if he ever lets her leave again. iams. keep love strong. because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and cover
. >>> fbi is investigating insider trader took place before heinz's buffett buy. >>> the clock is ticking for bp to reach a last-minute settlement to face tens of billions of dollars. >>> kellogg is recalling its 11, special k's red berries because they macon tan glass. >>> it's a milestone for stanford university the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year. >>> watch out north base, the u.s. postal service is entering the smart...
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that is more than we spend on fbi, dea and all other federal criminal departments combined. and we still don't have a working system. now, we can buy bigger buckets for the sinking ship or fix the hole and move forward in a system that works. i think most americans, over 60% of americans, agree we need to fix our broken immigration system. this would be good for the economy and good for growth and it will put us on the track because we need high-tech workers and agricultural workers necessary to our farming community' at the same time people pay their back taxes and social security and we need to move forward. >> thank you so much. >>> what we have heard from republicans is they want more border security. he is making the opposite argument which we have heard from the white house about how good it is already. but is this going to be a major sticking point? >> i think it will be because it's hard to define what exactly constitutes a secure border. the republicans and the president disagree about what it is. one thing to keep in mind is senator rubio opposes the obama plan. of
that is more than we spend on fbi, dea and all other federal criminal departments combined. and we still don't have a working system. now, we can buy bigger buckets for the sinking ship or fix the hole and move forward in a system that works. i think most americans, over 60% of americans, agree we need to fix our broken immigration system. this would be good for the economy and good for growth and it will put us on the track because we need high-tech workers and agricultural workers necessary...
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. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goeso afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the boarder to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq, to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has always had a various planning with respect to iraq. [ siren ] >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991 following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries drives saddam's forces out of kuwait and decimates the iraqi army in six weeks. but despite that overwhelming victory, president george h.w. bush faces criticism at home for not going all the way to baghdad to rid the world of saddam hussein. >> i made very, very clear from day one that it was not an objective of the coalition to get saddam hussein out of there by force. >> dick cheney, his defense secr
. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goeso afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the boarder to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq, to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has...
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and it happened at the fbi. frts tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 this morning, i'm going to trade in hong kong. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i hunt down opportunities around the world tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 as if i'm right there. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and i'm in total control because i can trade tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 directly online in 12 markets in their local currencies. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i use their global research to get an edge. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 their equity ratings show me how schwab tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 rates specific foreign stocks tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 based on things like fundamentals, momentum and risk. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and i also have access to independent tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 firms like ned davis research tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and economist intelligence unit. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 plus, i can talk to their global specialists 24/7
and it happened at the fbi. frts tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 this morning, i'm going to trade in hong kong. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i hunt down opportunities around the world tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 as if i'm right there. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and i'm in total control because i can trade tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 directly online...
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even the fbi got ahold of them, but nothing could be confirmed. it appeared the matter was pretty much dropped until more e-mails began arriving. the author, someone calling himself peter williams even wrote to a cnn producer last month. i dare to respond only moved by seriousness of the media you represent, said the writer, as you can imagine, i'm deeply concerned about my security. cnn responded asking peter williams to meet us anywhere, even here in santa domingo to give us proof that any of his allegations were true. we have since sent six e-mails to p. williams. the response? silence. we tracked down the source of the e-mails through a technical school in santa domingo to this internet provider where we were promptly escorted into an office where the company denied the e-mail came from one of its customers. >> is there any way you would give us the background of this man? >> i cannot identify right now that name and also the ip address is not from here for us. >> reporter: the dominican republic's district attorney's office confirms to cnn th
even the fbi got ahold of them, but nothing could be confirmed. it appeared the matter was pretty much dropped until more e-mails began arriving. the author, someone calling himself peter williams even wrote to a cnn producer last month. i dare to respond only moved by seriousness of the media you represent, said the writer, as you can imagine, i'm deeply concerned about my security. cnn responded asking peter williams to meet us anywhere, even here in santa domingo to give us proof that any of...
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by fbi employees. drew griffin of cnn's special investigations unit has a exclusive report for us. drew, there are some pretty incredible stuff in all of this. >> reporter: wolf, this is an example of, it can happen anywhere, even at the fbi, where they're continuously warned what not to do at work. the fbi's motto is fidelity, bravery, integrity. agents take down bank robbers -- >> shots are being fired! >> reporter: -- and the mob. the fbi's polished image kept in the spotlight by countless tv shows and movies. >> i'm with the fbi. >> reporter: but there's another side to the fbi, contained in these confidential internal records obtained by cnn that show serious misconduct by employees and even supervisors. assistant fbi director candice will oversees the agency's office of professional responsibility. she sends out the reports four times a year to all 36,000 employees. >> we do our very best. we don't, obviously, if you know anything about our quarterlies, and they're not a public document, but we k
by fbi employees. drew griffin of cnn's special investigations unit has a exclusive report for us. drew, there are some pretty incredible stuff in all of this. >> reporter: wolf, this is an example of, it can happen anywhere, even at the fbi, where they're continuously warned what not to do at work. the fbi's motto is fidelity, bravery, integrity. agents take down bank robbers -- >> shots are being fired! >> reporter: -- and the mob. the fbi's polished image kept in the...
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jonah is 19 months old but at the center of an fbi investigation. agents accusing this man, 60-year-old joe hundley, a stranger, of smacking the boy on a delta flight from minneapolis to atlanta. the boy's mother jessica bennett speaking exclusively to abc news. she showed us how she says hundley assaulted her child. >> well, he had his hand out like that and so it was, you know, it it came down that way at jonah's high item rear. >> reporter: it all allegedly started in row 28 of the plane. jessica and jonah had the aisle sit, hundley the wind. >> jonah starts crying feeling the pressure in his ears. >> reporter: that's when according to court documents hundley told mom to "shut that "n" word baby up. >> i said, what did you just say? and he was so drunk that he fell on to my face and his mouth moved over to my ear and he said it just directly into my ear. >> reporter: then she says the unthinkable happened. hundley hit little jonah. >> when i had looked at jonah's face, he had -- his eye was swollen here and it was bleeding. i was just scared to d
jonah is 19 months old but at the center of an fbi investigation. agents accusing this man, 60-year-old joe hundley, a stranger, of smacking the boy on a delta flight from minneapolis to atlanta. the boy's mother jessica bennett speaking exclusively to abc news. she showed us how she says hundley assaulted her child. >> well, he had his hand out like that and so it was, you know, it it came down that way at jonah's high item rear. >> reporter: it all allegedly started in row 28 of...
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dozens of cuts including the fbi will have to make difficult choices. >> the fbi will have to be in a position to evaluate where the reductions will come from and that may impact the national security arena. >> reporter: the democrats' congressional campaign committee also goes on the offensive today. they will accuse republican of risking 700,000 jobs in order to protect special interest tax loopholes. >>> a total disaster that's what one walmart executive reportedly wrote about a plunge in sales. its it's announcing its report this morning. rebecca jarvis is here this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> what are they saying and what are they saying about the economy? >> looking backward they're saying walmart had a very good christmas. they earned more than expected. they came in light on sales. however, going forward that's really a question. walmart is considered a bellwether for our economy and what they told us this morning is that the payroll tax cut is impacting consumers. the hike that we saw at the beginning of the year the 2% hike which takes about $20 out of people'
dozens of cuts including the fbi will have to make difficult choices. >> the fbi will have to be in a position to evaluate where the reductions will come from and that may impact the national security arena. >> reporter: the democrats' congressional campaign committee also goes on the offensive today. they will accuse republican of risking 700,000 jobs in order to protect special interest tax loopholes. >>> a total disaster that's what one walmart executive reportedly wrote...
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the agents came from the inspector general, fbi, and texas attorney general. they held some workers back for interviews and told others to leave the building immediately and leave their desks alone. this video was taken by one worker inside. >> is there any way we can know what's going on? >> we have a federal search warrant. >> reporter: outside employees were handed flyers with contact information for the fbi. as the scooter store known for ids abundant tv ads came. >> if you're living with limited mobility, call the scooter store today. >> reporter: late last year former employees told the company that their main goal was not to help patience. to bulldoze doctors into writing prescriptions to make profits. >> bulldoze them to get the paperwork done. >> reporter: so people could get the wheelchairs. >> yes. >> reporter: even if they didn't need them. >> yep. >> reporter: the issue is they get the prescription before it's determined if the wheelchairs are actually necessary. they're finding industrywide, 80% of medicare payments for power chair payments are m
the agents came from the inspector general, fbi, and texas attorney general. they held some workers back for interviews and told others to leave the building immediately and leave their desks alone. this video was taken by one worker inside. >> is there any way we can know what's going on? >> we have a federal search warrant. >> reporter: outside employees were handed flyers with contact information for the fbi. as the scooter store known for ids abundant tv ads came. >>...
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. >> want to talk about the possible relocation of the fbi. this obviously would be a boom to the county. metro is kind of weighed in on this. and people in other counties are kind of crying foul and saying metro shouldn't be favoring one area over another area. >> one, metro is not favoring one area over the other. they never do that. what we thought was a good deal in working with metro. we've been in talks with metro around our stations which are under developed for years. we think we have a great shot in getting the fbi to come here. we meet the criteria gsa has laid out. certainly the fact a number of federal workers that live in prince georges county is the lowest in the region. we think we have a good shot at it and all fair in this battle with fairfax. >> you are not getting -- are you saying you are not getting your fair share at this point? >> at this point we're not. if you look at it. look at where federal lease base is in the washington region, prince georges county does not have it. if you look at the metro stops we have where yo
. >> want to talk about the possible relocation of the fbi. this obviously would be a boom to the county. metro is kind of weighed in on this. and people in other counties are kind of crying foul and saying metro shouldn't be favoring one area over another area. >> one, metro is not favoring one area over the other. they never do that. what we thought was a good deal in working with metro. we've been in talks with metro around our stations which are under developed for years. we...
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last month the fbi raided melgen's office after the doctor was accuseded of improperly billing medicare $9 million. he is disputing the charges. menendez's office contacted health agencies to see if the charge could be disputed. menendez has denied being involved in any accusations. >> i have no intention of having the smears try to deviate me from the work i have been doing. >> reporter: menendez is also accused of trying to help melgen from discouraging the state department from donating security equipment to the dominican republic. melgen had a contract to provide the equipment and would have an obvious interest in not seeing the government provide it for free. >> if the fbi believes it can show that senator menendez actually traded favors in return, say, for campaign contributions or that he intentionally falsified federal documents like his financial disclosure forms, thep they could charge him with a crime. those are really high bars to meet. >> reporter: menendez says all of this is just some smear campaign, as we saw in the piece, but the allegations, charlie and norah, already
last month the fbi raided melgen's office after the doctor was accuseded of improperly billing medicare $9 million. he is disputing the charges. menendez's office contacted health agencies to see if the charge could be disputed. menendez has denied being involved in any accusations. >> i have no intention of having the smears try to deviate me from the work i have been doing. >> reporter: menendez is also accused of trying to help melgen from discouraging the state department from...
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he would have an obvious interest in not seeing the government provide it for flee. >> if the fbi can show he traded favors for campaign tron kohntry bugss or intentionally falsified documents like financial disclosure forms, then they could charge him with a crime, but those are really high bars to meet. >> he says it's allegations. the senator's office has acknowledged that menendez has failed to pay mel gin for two trips he has taken. he has since had to pay $58,500. that's a lot of money from the senator from his personal funds. >>> a new blizzard could threaten the midwest this week. meteorologist mike augustyniak from our station is tracking the storm. >> a storm offshore that is going to bring some pretty good rain from sierra to san francisco early this week but then it turns into a potential know. lit bring a chance for severe weather to the dallas area of wednesday. rain up to st. louis and southern kansas and then the snow zone rolling from northern kansas up toward maybe the twin city f cities of minneapolis and st. paul. could be near blizzard conditions in parts of nebra
he would have an obvious interest in not seeing the government provide it for flee. >> if the fbi can show he traded favors for campaign tron kohntry bugss or intentionally falsified documents like financial disclosure forms, then they could charge him with a crime, but those are really high bars to meet. >> he says it's allegations. the senator's office has acknowledged that menendez has failed to pay mel gin for two trips he has taken. he has since had to pay $58,500. that's a lot...
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former fbi profiler mary ellen o'toole says copycats are common in high-profile crime >> his mentality is not that i can beat it but i can get more attention, more notoriety, do it more skillfully do it more efficiently. >> reporter: sources say lanza attacked nearby sandy hook elementary school because it was the easiest target with the largest cluster of people but he apparently cut short his rampage as police arrived. unlike breivik who surrendered, lanza killed himself after first firing several shots at responding officers. investigators also believe violent video games played a role in lanza's murderous fantasies and a trove of material has been recovered from lanza's basement. sources say in lanza's mind the killing of 20 children and six adults may have amounted to some kind of score. sources say he spent countless hours alone in the basement of his home in a private gaming room with the windows blacked out, honing his computer shooting skills. >> this now becomes their full time job, they're totally emerged in it they're cut off from the rest of the family or from friends. it'
former fbi profiler mary ellen o'toole says copycats are common in high-profile crime >> his mentality is not that i can beat it but i can get more attention, more notoriety, do it more skillfully do it more efficiently. >> reporter: sources say lanza attacked nearby sandy hook elementary school because it was the easiest target with the largest cluster of people but he apparently cut short his rampage as police arrived. unlike breivik who surrendered, lanza killed himself after...
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former fbi agent joins us to discuss this puzzling case. at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook. but we can still help you see your big picture. with the fidelity guided portfolio summary, you choose which accounts to track and use fidelity's analytics to spot trends, gain insights, and figure out what you want to do next. all in one place. i'm meredith stoddard and i helped create the fidelity...
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back to you. >> thanks. >>> senior correspondent john miller is a former fbi director. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> we're getting a clearer picture of what went on in lanza's mind. elaborate on what that picture is. >> well, it's a number of elements all at once charlie. a few things were going on in the lanza home. you had his mother who he had a very close relationship with throughout his life, but especially since the divorce because it was just them in the house. she had just gotten a new boyfriend. this was the first serious relationship since the divorce. and he would even stay over sometimes. it's likely that that may have been looked on by adam lanza as a wedge, as a threat to his relationship with his mother. from there we see him kind of descending into his own world. first he takes that game room and completely blacks it out so you -- once you close the door the only reality in that room was him and that tv screen with his tactical shooting game. the second thing that happened was also interesting is he blacked out his own bedroom so that when h
back to you. >> thanks. >>> senior correspondent john miller is a former fbi director. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> we're getting a clearer picture of what went on in lanza's mind. elaborate on what that picture is. >> well, it's a number of elements all at once charlie. a few things were going on in the lanza home. you had his mother who he had a very close relationship with throughout his life, but especially since the divorce because it was just...
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. >> fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. for example, the fbi would have to cut 2300 employees, hundreds of agents. others would be affected as well, including border security agents. also, correctional officers who work at federal prisons. however, one man i spoke to with the cato institute in washington, d.c., told me there is a silver lining. >> it's not asking too much for the government to take a tiny bit of trimming. >> reporter: we do know there are places at the justice department to cut. for example, there was a report that came out just last year from the general accountability office that said that there's as much as $33 billion spent since the year 2005 on crime prevention programs that are often duplicative and counterproductive. now let's go to renee la mark at vwi airport. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. if you're flying out of airports like vwi, you are looking for a tough time if these cuts go through. let's talk about the faa. they are expe
. >> fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. for example, the fbi would have to cut 2300 employees, hundreds of agents. others would be affected as well, including border security agents. also, correctional officers who work at federal prisons. however, one man i spoke to with the cato institute in washington, d.c., told me there is a silver lining. >> it's not asking too much for the government to take a tiny bit of...
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fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. and already, the threat of these cuts has forced the navy to delay an aircraft carrier that was supposed to deploy to the persian gulf. as our military leaders have made clear, changes like this, not well throughout through, not phased in prrply, changes like this affect our ability to respond to threats in unstable parts of the world. so these cuts are not smart, dpar, they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction, people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. that's why democrats, republi
fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. and...
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criminal justice, all fbi workers could be forced to take 14 days off. national parks, better call ahead. if the sequester goes through, there could be reduced hours and services. and very likely last, travel. prepare for long every lines, wait time. slower security checks at the airport. you don't need to worry about medicare and social security, largely protected. when safety net programs like medicaid and food programs, exempt. military personnel, veterans affairs. veterans could be hit in other ways. they are a big part of the civilian workforce. here we are. it's irritating, the president will talk about it later this morning. try to prod them to move forward on this, surrounded by first responders, because presumably first responders budgets across the board would have to be cut. that would mean your services will be cut. >> a bit of political posturing. besides this, what do we feed to know about our money? >> 750,000 jobs, that's how many jobs will disappear if the sequester goes through and stays around for the rest of the year. you will feel th
criminal justice, all fbi workers could be forced to take 14 days off. national parks, better call ahead. if the sequester goes through, there could be reduced hours and services. and very likely last, travel. prepare for long every lines, wait time. slower security checks at the airport. you don't need to worry about medicare and social security, largely protected. when safety net programs like medicaid and food programs, exempt. military personnel, veterans affairs. veterans could be hit in...
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the fbi is staying quiet on the details but we know over 100 law enforcement officials marched into that scooter store headquarters yesterday in new braunfels, texas and told the employees to go home. the scooter store have reported millions of medicare payments it's already agreed to give $19.5 million back to the government. medicare is in the process of cracking down on fraud. the program is especially concerned about paying for devices that are prescribed to people who don't need them. medicare is trying harder than ever to stop medical equipment suppliers from abusing the system and they're sort of putting out some red flags to patients and sometimes these aren't necessarily fraudulent against the patients. it's more fraudulent against the government. some telltale signs offering a free scooter or wheelchair, offering to waive copayments or billing medicare for equipment the patient never gets or after it's returned. carol? >> alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. >>> a tu ba player at lsu really, really stood out in the student band. now he's a standout on t
the fbi is staying quiet on the details but we know over 100 law enforcement officials marched into that scooter store headquarters yesterday in new braunfels, texas and told the employees to go home. the scooter store have reported millions of medicare payments it's already agreed to give $19.5 million back to the government. medicare is in the process of cracking down on fraud. the program is especially concerned about paying for devices that are prescribed to people who don't need them....
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. >> fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays in airports across the country. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. first of all, the political calculation for the democrats in this -- >> blame. blame, blame, blame. blame the republicans. you heard the president right there. the white house calculation is that in the end, when the public figure out what all of these job furloughs are about, 8,000 at the pentagon alone, they are going to blame the pentagons for not willing to compromise. you heard dan pfeiffer talk about the word compromise. so they are saying, okay, you know what, we are going to take the case to the american people. we're going to point out exactly what's going to occur and we think they are going to side with us. now, this isn't without risk. take a look at this poll that was done recently, about whether federal spending cuts should tak
. >> fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays in airports across the country. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger. first of all, the political calculation for the democrats in this -- >> blame. blame, blame, blame. blame the republicans. you heard the president right there. the white house calculation is that...